Freya Stark – Letters from Syria – 1946

An early edition of the renowned traveller and writer’s correspondence from Lebanon and Syria in 1927-8, full of wit and observation.

Freya Stark spent time in the region learning Arabic and travelling widely, before rising to prominence in the 1930s with her series of books on southern Arabia.

Features numerous black-and-white photographs of people, places and landscapes from the region.

Hardback, published by John Murray in 1946. First edition, third impression. Bound in green cloth with gilt author’s signature to front board, title lettering to spine. In very good condition. Clean inside with no writing or inscriptions. 194 pages plus photos.